Global Patent Index - EP 1858591 B1

EP 1858591 B1 20120118 - THERAPEUTIC ENDOCAVITY PROBE COMPRISING AN IMAGING TRANSDUCER INTEGRATED WITHIN THE THERAPY ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER

Title (en)

THERAPEUTIC ENDOCAVITY PROBE COMPRISING AN IMAGING TRANSDUCER INTEGRATED WITHIN THE THERAPY ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER

Title (de)

THERAPEUTISCHE ENDOKAVITÄTEN-SONDE MIT EINEM IM THERAPEUTISCHEN ULTRASCHALLWANDLER INTEGRIERTEN BILDWANDLER

Title (fr)

SONDE THERAPEUTIQUE ENDO-CAVITAIRE COMPORTANT UN TRANSDUCTEUR D'IMAGERIE INTEGRE AU SEIN DU TRANSDUCTEUR ULTRASONORE DE THERAPIE

Publication

EP 1858591 B1 20120118 (FR)

Application

EP 06726251 A 20060315

Priority

  • FR 2006050229 W 20060315
  • FR 0502531 A 20050315

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2006097661A1] The invention concerns an therapeutic endocavity probe for treating tissues in particular of the prostrate by emitting focused ultrasonic waves, comprising a support (2) forming a guide tube (4) extended by a mounting head (3) for at least one therapy transducer (7) with active surface emitting the focused ultrasonic waves and having a front face with total spherical surface wherein is provided a surface window, for mounting an imaging transducer (11). The invention is characterized in that the therapy transducer (7) has a front face (9) having a total surface equal to the sum of the active surface equal to 1 500 mm<SUP>2</SUP> ± 200 mm<SUP>2</SUP>, and the surface of the window for the passage of the imaging transducer, the ratio of the surface of the window over the active surface of the therapy transducer element being not more than 0.45.

IPC 8 full level

A61N 7/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A61N 7/022 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2090/3784 (2016.02 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2006097661 A1 20060921; AT E541615 T1 20120215; CN 101141996 A 20080312; CN 101141996 B 20101117; EP 1858591 A1 20071128; EP 1858591 B1 20120118; FR 2883190 A1 20060922; FR 2883190 B1 20070810; JP 2008535545 A 20080904; JP 4912390 B2 20120411; US 2008214964 A1 20080904; US 8043218 B2 20111025

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 2006050229 W 20060315; AT 06726251 T 20060315; CN 200680008241 A 20060315; EP 06726251 A 20060315; FR 0502531 A 20050315; JP 2008501386 A 20060315; US 81727706 A 20060315